Monday, May 20, 2013
Donations accepted to help rebuild pipe organ for St. Joseph Church.
A concert of sacred, Broadway and patriotic music to open the summer and raise funds for a project to rebuild a pipe organ for St. Joseph Church will be held Friday, May 24. The concert will feature the St. Joseph Senior Choir, under the direction of Lorene Coughlin, and the Patriots Symphonic Band, under the direction of Harry Pfingsten. Soloists with the band, also members of the choir, are Brian Walsh and Lorene Coughlin, both of whom will perform that evening. The concert will be held in the church at 32929 Lake Road, beginning at 7:30 p.m. There is no price of admission, but a free will offering will be accepted to help us rebuild the organ, which has previously served at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Cleveland and at Holy …
Saturday, May 18, 2013
One hour concert, reception is open to the public.
After 36 years, Avon Lake High School choral director Bill Zurkey conducted his last concert Thursday night in the school’s PAC. While the night proved to be a memorable one for Zurkey, his family, performers and guests, one last surprise remained: Plans were announced for a farewell concert, "The End of an Era," on Sunday, May 18, at 1 p.m. in the Avon Lake High School Performing Arts Center (PAC). Former and current students, school personnel and those who may have become acquainted with Zurkey, who was recently honored by Bowling Green State University as a 2013 College Alumni Award Recipients, are invited to come by, hear the concert and join the reception. Expect plenty of Merples and choral alumni, singing and a fun mix of music. At …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Event will feature best-selling author's only appearance surrounding new book.
One of the world’s best-selling authors, Dan Brown, will be making his only public appearance surrounding the release of his newest novel, Inferno, and area residents can hear Brown speak via live stream from Lincoln Center in New York City. Brown’s latest novel, Inferno, hits the bookshelves on May 14. Avon Lake Public Library and Doubleday Publishing invite you to participate in this unique publishing event. Brown is the author of numerous #1 bestselling novels, including The Da Vinci Code, which has become one of the best selling novels of all time as well as the subject of heated debate among readers and scholars. On Wednesday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m, Brown will speak at Lincoln Center about Inferno, plus a range of topics including …
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Avon Lake's own will perform on May 9 at 7 p.m.
Rising musician Alana Bilancini will be the featured performer at this month’s Open Mic on May 9 at the Old Firehous Community Center. Bilancini, an Avon Lake native, is a singer and song-writer who performs both as a soloist and as the bass player for the local band," Says She." She will perform a variety of original songs and some popular covers. After Bilancini's set, the microphone opens up for everyone; signups begin at 6:30 p.m. If those reasons aren't enough, there will also be free coffee and cookies for performers and guests.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Show is part of national tour
The Shoremen Brass Classic Drum Corps International (DCI) is returning to Avon Lake. Last year, high-stepping, high-volume bands from around the country including Portland, OR, Santa Clara, CA; New London, CT; Nashville, Wayne, NJ and Sudbury, Ontario performed in the Avon Lake High School's Memorial Stadium. The pageantry returns, as the second-annual Shoremen Brass Classic Drum Corps International (DCI) competition is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, again in Avon Lake Memorial Stadium. DCI bills itself as "Marching Music's Major League™." The Avon Lake Band Aids. – in partnership with the Cleveland Clinic Richard E. Jacobs Health Center in Avon – will present this year’s competition, featuring 12 DCI drum and bugle …
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Fresh off NPR's Mountain Stage
Some area fans of Amy Speace and "singer-songwriter/folk/Americana music," are hosting the artist tonight at an indoor "house concert" starting at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) in Avon. Last week, the New York Times featured Speace under the headline, If You Like Judy Collins, Try Amy Speace. The Baltimore native and Amherst College graduate will be at Jeff Hudson's house tonight (RSVP required, see below). "We are fans of Amy and are on her mailing list," Hudson said. "She sent a note out last week that she had a last-minute cancellation in her tour and was looking for someone between West Virginia, where she just played NPR's Mountain Stage Sunday night, and Ann Arbor, where she is playing the Ark tomorrow night, to host a house concert…
Friday, April 19, 2013
Stop in at the children's area between noon and 2 p.m. April 20.
The Avon Branch Library Teen Volunteer Group is hosting the Community Read-A-Thon in celebration of National Library Week (April 14 - 20) that will include a number of respected community members reading from their favorite books. Guest readers include Michael Laub, Avon schools superintendent, a school board member, a principal and various other people who work in schools. Also scheduled to read are a doctor and a Cub Scout leader. Avon City Council members Mary Berges and Daniel Urban are taking time out of their weekend to share, as well. Come to the children’s area in the Library anytime between noon and 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, to hear a story. The event organized by the library’s Teen Volunteer Group, a 47-member strong group…
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Will now compete at the national level.
Avon-on-the-Lake Garden Club came up as big winners at the April 16-17 85th Annual Convention of Garden Clubs of Ohio, including “2012 Garden Club of the Year.” The convention was held at the Sheraton Suites in Cuyahoga Falls. “Avon-on-the-Lake Garden Club entered a number of projects and programs along with our Flower Show from last summer,” Club president Audrey Roberts said. The club was also awarded two second-place and 10 first place awards for their ork, one of which was 1st place for the Club’s Flower Show, Shades of Old Glory " in July 2012. Along with the certificates of awards, the club also received monetary awards. “Because our Flower Show took first place, it will now go on to National Garden Club's Inc. and will be among all…
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Musical features the music of Elvis Presley; opens Thursday.
Are you an Elvis fan? Love rock and roll? ALHS has a show for you. The Avon Lake Performin’ Shoremen will present the hip-shakin’, juke box musical, All Shook Up, this weekend at the Dr. Daniel Ross Performing Arts Center. The show, inspired by the songs of Elvis Presley, will feature music made famous by "The King," Elvis Presley. The play is about a a sad, square town that is turned upside down when a guitar-playing roustabout, Chad Avon Lake High School senior, Tom Sweeney), rides in on his motorcycle looking for a mechanic. The mayor’s strict rules against loud music and indecent behavior are broken as Chad touches an old jukebox, and it comes to life. Seeking love and adventure, Natalie (senior, Rachel Van Scyoc), the only female …
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Friday, April 5, 2013
Author's story, based on real events, is based in Avon.
What has started as a memoir of the a personal story of rape, attitude and condemnation for author Maureen Ann Richards Kostalnick has turned into a first novel for the Avon native. The story, based in Avon, is a psuedo work of fiction with roots based on a true incident of two girls raped in Avon. “It’s fiction, but based on a true crime,” Kostalnick said, adding that the coming of age story in the 1940s and 50s is “99.9 percent true” The Butternut Tree is being re-eleased in the Cleveland area this week and Lostalnick will hold a book signing in at Strip Steakhouse in Avon April 6. Although fiction, the book draws strong parallels to Kostalnick’s upbringing in Avon where she was baptized, made Communion and married at St. Mary’s Church…
Julie Reimer
9:33 am on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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